When traveling through a translucent medium, such as glass, light travels more slowly than it travels through a  Vacuum. Red light with a wavelength of 684 nm travels  through Pyrex glass with a frequency of 2.92 × 1014 s-1 .   Calculate the speed of this light. a) 3.00 × 108 m/s b) 4.23 × 107 m/s  c) 2.00 × 108 m/s  d) 2.23 × 108m/s  e) 2.92 × 106 m/s

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When traveling through a translucent medium, such as glass, light travels more slowly than it travels through a  Vacuum. Red light with a wavelength of 684 nm travels  through Pyrex glass with a frequency of 2.92 × 1014 s-1 .  

Calculate the speed of this light.

a) 3.00 × 108 m/s

b) 4.23 × 107 m/s 

c) 2.00 × 108 m/s

 d) 2.23 × 108m/s 

e) 2.92 × 106 m/s

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